He has however urged residents to stay calm and resort to lawful processes in seeking redress for matters in which they feel aggrieved.

“I want to assure all the people in the area, they should remain calm and that the police and the military are in control of the situation. Nobody should take the law into his or her own hands to do anything, but for now, we’ve looked in there and we want to advice everybody to resort to due processes,” he said.

As a result of the situation, schools in the villages under the Nanumba North Municipal Assembly, have been closed.